MixedThe Times (UK)Sieghart, a former Times columnist and senior editor, demonstrates through meticulous use of the research data that these manly sins are disproportionately likely to be directed by men against women, and that their cumulative effect can sometimes be enormous ... In general, Sieghart is good at making the case for the gap’s existence, although admittedly there is occasionally some fudging of correlation and causation in her analysis of the data. Where her argument falters is in her efforts to determine its cause ... I wondered throughout the book whether Sieghart might be attributing to sexism what could also be explained by other, less sinister factors...the pure misogynists are, thankfully, rare. What is much more common is the kind of blundering foolishness that we are all prone to, and which could very well explain some of the conflict between men and women we see in the modern workplace ... Which is not to say that Sieghart is wrong, exactly. She is right to observe the existence of an authority gap, and to want to expose it. Where she goes wrong is in favouring a simple and righteous explanation over something more fine-grained.
